Today is Tuesday, February 27th, the 58th day of the year. There are 307
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES American Heart Month,
Black History Month, National Children’s Dental Health Month,
National Cherry Month, Great American Pie Month, National
Grapefruit Month, National Weddings Month, Polar Bear Day,
No Brainer Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Dwight Elmo Jones, 72, basketball player
James Worthy, 63, basketball player
Loy Vaught, 56, basketball player
Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, 53, singer (TLC)
“Pooh” Clark, 51, singer (High-5)
Duce Staley, 49, football player
Tony Gonzales, 48, football player
Bobby Valentino, 44, singer
Devin Harris, 41, basketball player
Daniel Gibson, 38, basketball player
Kelly Breeding, 35, singer
Hurricane Chris, 35, rapper
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Marian Anderson, 127, contralto singer (d. 1993)
Dexter Gordon, 101, tenor saxophonist/actor (d. 1990)
DEATHS
Frankie Lymon, 1968, singer (The Teenagers) (b. 1943)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1869 – John Menard is 1st black to make a speech in Congress.
1872 – Charlotte Ray, 1st Black woman lawyer, graduated from Howard University.
1959 – Chicago Cards trade running back Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players.
1982 – Wayne Williams found guilty of murdering 2 of 28 blacks in Atlanta.
1984 – Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8,675 m).
1987 – Mike Conley triple jumps world indoor record (17.76m).
1991 – Singer James Brown is released from prison.
1992 – Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years.
1997 – Singer Sade (Helen Folasade), arrest in Jamaica for disobeying a cop.
1998 – 12th Soul Train Music Awards: Puff Daddy, Whitney Houston win.
2002 – 44th Grammy Awards: Walk On, Alicia Keys wins.
HOROSCOPE
As a Pisces born on February 27th, you are well known for your imagination, intuition and selflessness. You have an active mind, which you use to meet all aspects of life with creativity. At times, your imagination takes you into a world of your own, but luckily your intuition keeps you in tune with the outside world. For reasons you cannot explain, you have the innate ability to sense the emotions of others, especially when a loved one is upset or troubled. You use your emotional understanding to be a truly selfless friend and companion. Your friends and family would be the first to admit that you often put their interest far above your own.